Track structure.



V. ANGERER.

TRACK STRUCTURE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16, 1911. @93h56, Patented July 2,191.2.

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V. ,ANGERBR TRACK STRUCTURE.

AIPLIOATION FILED SBPT.1L6, 1911.

Patented. July 2, 1912.

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VICTOR ANGERER, OF RIDLEY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM WHAR-'.roN, JR., & COMPANY, INCORPORATED,

CORPORATION F PENNSYLVANIA.

OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A

TRACK STRUCTURE.

- Specification of Letters Patent. f

Patented July 2, 1912;

Application filed-September 16, 1911. Serial No. 649,748.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that'I, VICTOR ANGERER, a citizen Yof the United States,`residing in Ridley Park, county of Delaware, State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain Improvements in Track Structures, of which thefollowing is a specification.

united'to lthe body .portion by welding andv without the use of ,boltsor rivets, or other mechanical means; thus maklng a strong structurefrom which any one of the rail arms can be separated without distorting.

the rest of the structure in case suoli becomes desirable for repairs orre-alinement; the parts being so arranged that by cutting through thewelds or at a point adjacent to the welds, a rail arm can be removed andanother put in its place and welded to the structure. This object Iattain in the f0llowing manner, reference being had tothe accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure l, is a plan view of a railway frogillustrating my invention; Fig. 2, is a transverse sectional vicw on theline 2,?2, Fig. 1, drawn to an enlarged scale; Fig. 3, is a peiispeiiveview of the body portion; Fig. 4, is a section'alv'iewon the'line 4-4,Fig. 1 drawn on a reduced scale; showing the means for. attaching thedetachable center plate tothe body portion; Fig. 5, illustrates asectional view of a modication of the invention; Fig. 6, is a plan viewof a switch or switch-mate made in accordance with my invention; Fig. 7is a sectional view on thev line 7 7, Fig. 6; Fig. 8, is a sectionalview of a modiication; Fig. 9, is a plan view of a track structure madefrom channel bars welded together; Fig. v10, is an enlarged seotionalview on the line 10-10, Fig. 9; Fig. 11, is a sectional view on the line11 1l,

Fig. 9, with the rails in position;l Fig. 12,

, the body portion and in this insert far is a view of a modication,showing the body` portion having an integral" centerv groove; Fig. 13,is a plan View of a corner of a crossing, illustrating my invention. p

Referring in the first instance to Figs; 1 to t inclusive, A is thebodyofthe' track structure, preferably made of cast metal, having a centralportion A from which projects arms'o, a at-each end and, in the presentinstance vthe arms are so spaced apart that short sections of'rails Bcan inserted between them and secured thereto l' by welding. C is a hardmetal inserhfin the present instance, -made 'separateffro grooves c'-c,which aline' with the grooves' b in the rails B. This hard metal 'insertcan be' secured to the body portion in any suitable manner. In place ofthe insert, the

for the reception ofthe beveled ends of this'` rails B and the heads Z1-*of the rails have guard flanges b2,

tioned that the head and flanged portion of the rails come in closeproximity, o'rgA contactwith the upper and lower edges ofjv the armsafa, and, as illustrated in Fig. 2,

the arns a-ya have longitudinal channelsa2 at their upper inner ends, aswell as the i wl-shaped 'at 4 central arm, being` preferably the upperend, as illustrated in Fig. 2. The heads b of the rails B extend intothe' longitudinal channels a2 in the arms a The parts are so proporbodyportion may be made as illustratedv inf'4 f' grooves o', which aline'with' rails, may be formed-in'. 7l-5.

the ends of the body and these heads are preferably beveled, as

so as to form a 'cavity and the outer shown i are slightly edges of theguard flanges b2 beveled, as indicated, forming, with the V- shapedupperIend ofthe arm a', a V-shaped groove or recess. The guard flangesmay contact with the centralarm a', or they majI be `spaced a distancefrom it, as illustrated in Fig. 2, as desired. p f l Thexarms ze-a arepreferably so shaped as to form base flanges, as illustrated Fig. 2, andthe central arm a in the present instance' has an extendedvbase as andthe illustrated in 'Fi 2. When the-rail sections and the bocy portion ofthe structure are assembled. thev groovesl are formed, as indicated,between the rails an'd the arms of -the body portion. These parts are.then held in proper posit-ion and the upper faces l of the structurewelded 4on the lines of the grooves; t-he scrap or other metal becomingan integral part of the rails and arms. The structure is then invertedand the grooves on the under side filled with scrap or other I I .metaland the welding or soldering process repeated; making a homogeneousstructure' in which the projecting rail ends are rigidly secured to thebody portion; dispensing with bolts, rivets, or similar fastenlngs.

Thilo I preferably extend the welds the full lengthof the arms a-a/,they may be made lat intervals, if desired. Ify the two g rails shouldcome in Contact with each other,

as in Fig.v 5, -then the rails may be welded together, as shown. Thearms .are so made and the welds are so located that if it is desired torenewany one of the rail 4portions, the same canbe severed from thest-ructure by cutting or sawing, or by other means, through the weldedportions uniting the particular rail to the structure, without injuringor disturbing the 'other portions of `the structure, after which a newrail can be insertedand united to the structure by a new Weld at theupper and lower edges, as above tion that ,I am enabled to unite therail arms described.' s

It will be noticedthat I preferably so design the parts that theweld ismade at a comparatively narrow part of the structure and preferably atan open space. so that a saw or. othercutting tool can readily sawthrough the weld when it is desired to remove rone of the rail' sectionsfrom the struc ture.

The .insert 'C may be secured by welding or soldering or it may besecured to the body portion In Fig. 4, Ihave illustrated a weldedjoint-between the side walls of the insert and the walls of thestructure. In the present instance ribs f are formed on the innersurface of the walls of the body portion and the vwelds'are made atthejunction ol' arms of the body portion A. and the inner,

lower flanges f2 ofv thse .arms abut the langes'of the rails and theweld is Vmade at the several points indicated in Fig.- 5.

v In Fig. 8, I have shown another modification, 4in whic the bodyportion is made by any 'of the `well known 'means inthe form of twochannel bars with the flanges extending outwardly; the Weld being madebetween the'inner walls ofthe angle bars at top and bottom and-the head,

guard flange, and base flanges of the rail.

In Figs, 6 and 7,'I have illustrated the invention as applied to 'aswitchstructure.

In this instance, the body portion A2 of the switch structure has arms0l?,-aliningwith the head and baseflangesof the rails B2, and which arewelded thereto at the top and bottom of the arms, as shown .in Fig. 7.It will be understood that the invention can be applied t'o va crossing,as lillustrated in Fig. 13, without departing, from the essentialfeatures of the invention, andthis crossing can be made with orwithoutia separate insert. i

In Figs. 9, /10, and ll, 4 I have illustrated a track .structure made ofchannel bars. The structure A3 consists of two `longitudinal bars I-I,with inturned flanges z at the top and bot-tom and these channel barsare connected by a transverse horizontallyl'ar- In Fig. 8, I have showna track structure lmade of channel bars, but, in this instance,

the flanges ofv thechannel bars IZ project' outwardly.

Thus it will be seen bythe above construcand .the body portion bylongitudinal. welds to form an integral structure and I also sc ,curethe met-al insert to the track structure by similar longitudinal welds,ifdesired. The welds are so arranged that the parts of the structure canagain be separated by cutting when it is necessary'to repair. or

renew one or more of the parts jury to the structure. y

I claim: l. VA tra'ck structure, composed 'of a body without in-Vportion having ways for wheel flanges onits upper face, horizontal armsextending` from said body portion, rails located betweensaid armsalining with the flanged ways of the body portion and united thereto bywelding the upper and lower edges of the extensions to the'head andbase'portions of the rails.

2. A track structure, composed of a soft metal body struct-ure havin arecess, a hard` metal insert secured in sai recess and."l avingflange-waysfor wheels on its 1 1 lper face, horizontal arms extendingfrom said body portion, rails located between said arms and alnin'gwiththe flange-'ways inthe hard Cri '. recess near the upper edge,

inserti being secured 3. A track structure, composed of a body,

portion having flange-ways for wheels on its upper face, horizontal armsextending vfrom said body portion, rails mounted between said arms sothat the head portion and the base portion of said rails are in contactonly along the upper and lower edge of said arms, and longitudinal weldsalong said edges uniting the rails to the body portion.

track structure,

4. A composed of a body portion having flange-ways for wheels on itsupper face, horizontal arms extending from said body portion, railslocated between `said extensions of said arms and united thereto bynarrow longitudinal welds along the upper and lower edges of the eX-tensions so that the parts may be severed at the welds by cutting. v

5. A track structure, composed of a body portion having a recess, ahard'metal insert having flange-ways for wheels on its upper face andsecured in position by narrow longitudinal welds near the upper edge ofthe walls of the body portion forming the recess and the contiguous edgeof the hard metal insert.

6. A track structure, composed of a soft metal bodyI portion, having a.recess, a hard metal vinsert havingiiange-ways for wheels on its upperface, narrow horizontal ribs projecting 'inwardly-from"the walls of' thethe hard metal to the recess by wel'ds between the ribs and the sides ofthe insert.l

7. The combination of a body portion and a rail, a narrow integral'webconnecting the two parts permanently together, said parts being sodesigned as to form an open space on each side of the web so that it canbe cut when it is desired to remove one part from the-other.

8. The combination in a track structure,`

ofa body portion having arms, with a rail having a head and a baseflange; said head and base flange being welded to the arm forming a webat the' top and bottom of the structure, with a space on each side ofthe web to allow the parts to be severed by cutting.

9. rlhe combination in a track structure,

tfidinally at top and bottom, with rails lo /ated between the arms andwelded to the yarms at the grooves.

l0. The combination in a track structure, of a body portion having arms,a rail having a head and a base flange, said rail being secured to thearms at their upper and lower edges, said arms and rails being spacedapartexcept at the joints to allow for cut-` ting.

l1. The combination in a track structure,

of a body portion having arms, an insert resting on the body portion andconnected thereto at each side by narrow webs, with rails connected tothe arinsby narrow longitudinal webs formed by welding the partstogether.l

1Q. The combination in a track structure, of a body portion having armsat each '9nd,

rails having a head and a guard flange at' the upper end and a basefiange at the lower end, the narrow webs connecting head-c.

to the upper ends of the said arms and webs connecting the base flangesto the lower ends of the said arms, the intervening space between theupper and lower port-ions of the structure being open between the armsand the webs or therails so as to permit of the removal of a railsection by severing the webs connecting the said rail sections to thearms.

13. .The combination in a track structure, of a body portion havingthree arms projecting at each end, the central arm at each end being.;V`having a wide, flange at"its. lower edge, said fiangebeing reeesse'datits under side, the said arms being recessed at the under side and alsorecessed at the upper edgeg'with rails mounted. between the said armscenter arms, the base flange of thewrails being cutaway and extendinginto the recesses of the base of said arms and welded thereto, the headof each rail bein beveled, and extending into the recess at tie upperend of the said arms and-weldedthereto,

and the guard flange hapect at its upper edge and and the 'and ,the twoguardniianges being'welded tov the V-shaped end. bf the central arm.

' In testimony whereof, l' have signed my name to this specification;'in .the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

, p Vieron miennes., Witnesses:

Jos. H. KLEIN, Win. A. BARR

